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4 Evenlnl lournal, Wilminllon, Del. ••• Friday, Oct. 18. 1963
Lewes Air Captain Slated
,
To Be Named an Astronaut
Air For CapL Theodore C,
Freeman o( near Lewes is ex­Ipeeted
to be one of the new
:astronauts to be named to the
U.S. space team today in Hous­ton.
TelL
Freeman. 33. is one or 1.
young but c:\perienced jet
pilots who will make their de­but
today as America's newest
astronauts - each carr)'ing a
lentaU,'e ticket for a trip to the
moon.
The rookie spaceman~ all
male and including the Ar~t
bachelor. were chosen one week
ago today to make up the na~
tion's third. youngest and reo
portedly most highly educated
team of astronauts.
THEY WILL cODlpde with
16 veterans-the original seven
Mercury astronauts and nine
others added 13 months ago to
the morc ad\;anced Project .-\p Wl«'l'>ho~"
Gemini-Cor berths aboard U.S.
,paceship, headed far lunar 'PACE JIlE'I-C.I'I. Them]"... C. Fl'.eman, left,
landtngs in the next five. to sev. anti Cspl. Charlf' .\. BB81lCU ('hal inforll1ull) )('Il.
en ye.al's, It-relay at Hou810n Jnternalionat A.irJlort.
The National Aeronautics . . , .
and Spa c e Administration, p.I·r.sJdent ~f the. student c:o~n· gmee.I'Ln~ at the UmversJty of
which Is running the $40 bit'ICIl there hIS semor, y~ar, Wh~le :\1t<:hl~itl1.
lion U.S. pro"ram to conquer there he won lettetS In football A' L', C I D' 'd ~
e and baseball • lr l' 01 ce ap, .. \I n
tbe moon. planned to intro., Sl:olt, 3D, or Bowie. 1'(1:<. tJolde-r
duce the new space. pilots. He pas ed the scholarsbip ex· or two .master's de"recs from
5 p.m. todar in tbe Unive,r.sltr amination lor entrance to the the ;\1ilitary Academy ilt ''''est
of Houston s Cullen Audltorl· U,S. Naval Academy, but failed Poinl and ~lassa("huselts InsU·
urn, Ilhe dental exam, Forced to wait tule of Technolo~y,
The 14 were noti6ed only a year while his teeth were be-I .
last Saturday that a top.level ing stl'aightene.d~ he enrolled B.- ~etl. who Ilr~' in I.rom
team including 'l'ASA ..\dmin- at the University of Delaware. Japan, and Freeman Brn....ed -0-
islratOI' Jame~ E. Webb and Jether late yei>lf>l'da\' a Hou"-
deputies Hugb Dryden and He enrolled at the 'aval ton Jnternational . i port. The
Robert Seamans bad approved Academy the next fall. HIS slendel', C! e" cut fi rt'em m and
their selection. career ~n Annapolis was th· darkh3ired handsome Bas!;~tt
rna ed In 1953 when he was, portm'" tt ve l beIlea b hls 1\,.):
THE • I,E, 'DER youDf j.t graduated in the top lD of the ut ja '~t tolled lapldl)
jock~' • all les than 34 yean 1.300 in his clas~. On gradua· (rom the nn a drove-old,
are the t:rram DC 271 appU. Uon day. he married Faith undiJel0 ed q wtt
cant'$ who answered the Jpaee Clark oC ~tilford, Conn The)'
agency's c.lI three month~ ago have a daughter, Faith. 9 FRF.Jo.;MA P ott "'tr
~or l!!0re astronauts to beef UPI On that same day be a of Rmoo~ 14 tandldat.p gra uale.
Its pilot ~eam .Ior Itepped'UPlhiS )o\'e lor flvin":, he chose last \arch from the r Fortt.>.
~an~ed ftl~hts rnlo space tart· to enter the Air DForce as a a~rospa('e school at Edward
mg 10 1960. . "econd lieutenant instead of AIr Force Base, Cali!. a ne~
Informed source! said t~eICODtinUin~ in the :\avy. Since I breedln2 ~I'ound for a!l.lrOnauts.
new ~stronauls probably. wIll,altendin~ Ihe Naval Academy ;BaS5ell jtradua~ed from the
be aSI~ned alma t excJuSlvely Freeman has received hiS mas: same !whool With nine olhe
to ProJe,e:t Apollo -: lhe pro· ter's de~ree in aeronaHlical en. pllolS two months laler.
.sp-am with the national goal .. '
of landin( Americans on the The 2,t appUca~ions r~r th
moon by lale 1968. Assign ew aslronaut posillons Ulclud·
menL", aboard the interim, d 26 from lfte Air Force. 10
earth-orbit fiighb of Project rom the MarinE' Corps, 34 [1'0
Gemini will go to the 16 pre le Navy, oz:.e, ~rom t~e AI'~
viously selected spacemen. and 200 cIVlliant;. lnc1udlD
From bas.. thJ'oughout th~ .t.h.,.'e.e.".'.o.m..e..D.,. ....1
United Slates and as Car awa
as Japan, the neophyte spac
pilots were pouring inlo Hous
lon yesttl'day lor lheir lorDlal
introdu tion.

4 Evenlnl lournal, Wilminllon, Del. ••• Friday, Oct. 18. 1963
Lewes Air Captain Slated
,
To Be Named an Astronaut
Air For CapL Theodore C,
Freeman o( near Lewes is ex­Ipeeted
to be one of the new
:astronauts to be named to the
U.S. space team today in Hous­ton.
TelL
Freeman. 33. is one or 1.
young but c:\perienced jet
pilots who will make their de­but
today as America's newest
astronauts - each carr)'ing a
lentaU,'e ticket for a trip to the
moon.
The rookie spaceman~ all
male and including the Ar~t
bachelor. were chosen one week
ago today to make up the na~
tion's third. youngest and reo
portedly most highly educated
team of astronauts.
THEY WILL cODlpde with
16 veterans-the original seven
Mercury astronauts and nine
others added 13 months ago to
the morc ad\;anced Project .-\p Wl«'l'>ho~"
Gemini-Cor berths aboard U.S.
,paceship, headed far lunar 'PACE JIlE'I-C.I'I. Them]"... C. Fl'.eman, left,
landtngs in the next five. to sev. anti Cspl. Charlf' .\. BB81lCU ('hal inforll1ull) )('Il.
en ye.al's, It-relay at Hou810n Jnternalionat A.irJlort.
The National Aeronautics . . , .
and Spa c e Administration, p.I·r.sJdent ~f the. student c:o~n· gmee.I'Ln~ at the UmversJty of
which Is running the $40 bit'ICIl there hIS semor, y~ar, Wh~le :\1tlf>l'da\' a Hou"-
deputies Hugb Dryden and He enrolled at the 'aval ton Jnternational . i port. The
Robert Seamans bad approved Academy the next fall. HIS slendel', C! e" cut fi rt'em m and
their selection. career ~n Annapolis was th· darkh3ired handsome Bas!;~tt
rna ed In 1953 when he was, portm'" tt ve l beIlea b hls 1\,.):
THE • I,E, 'DER youDf j.t graduated in the top lD of the ut ja '~t tolled lapldl)
jock~' • all les than 34 yean 1.300 in his clas~. On gradua· (rom the nn a drove-old,
are the t:rram DC 271 appU. Uon day. he married Faith undiJel0 ed q wtt
cant'$ who answered the Jpaee Clark oC ~tilford, Conn The)'
agency's c.lI three month~ ago have a daughter, Faith. 9 FRF.Jo.;MA P ott "'tr
~or l!!0re astronauts to beef UPI On that same day be a of Rmoo~ 14 tandldat.p gra uale.
Its pilot ~eam .Ior Itepped'UPlhiS )o\'e lor flvin":, he chose last \arch from the r Fortt.>.
~an~ed ftl~hts rnlo space tart· to enter the Air DForce as a a~rospa('e school at Edward
mg 10 1960. . "econd lieutenant instead of AIr Force Base, Cali!. a ne~
Informed source! said t~eICODtinUin~ in the :\avy. Since I breedln2 ~I'ound for a!l.lrOnauts.
new ~stronauls probably. wIll,altendin~ Ihe Naval Academy ;BaS5ell jtradua~ed from the
be aSI~ned alma t excJuSlvely Freeman has received hiS mas: same !whool With nine olhe
to ProJe,e:t Apollo -: lhe pro· ter's de~ree in aeronaHlical en. pllolS two months laler.
.sp-am with the national goal .. '
of landin( Americans on the The 2,t appUca~ions r~r th
moon by lale 1968. Assign ew aslronaut posillons Ulclud·
menL", aboard the interim, d 26 from lfte Air Force. 10
earth-orbit fiighb of Project rom the MarinE' Corps, 34 [1'0
Gemini will go to the 16 pre le Navy, oz:.e, ~rom t~e AI'~
viously selected spacemen. and 200 cIVlliant;. lnc1udlD
From bas.. thJ'oughout th~ .t.h.,.'e.e.".'.o.m..e..D.,. ....1
United Slates and as Car awa
as Japan, the neophyte spac
pilots were pouring inlo Hous
lon yesttl'day lor lheir lorDlal
introdu tion.